1979 Brazilian Grand Prix
Racing data | ||
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2nd of 15 races of the 1979 Automobile World Championship | ||
Surname: | VIII Grande Prêmio do Brasil | |
Date: | 4th February 1979 | |
Place: | São Paulo | |
Course: | Autódromo José Carlos Pace | |
Length: | 318.4 km in 40 laps of 7.96 km
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Weather: | cloudy but warm | |
Pole position | ||
Driver: | Jacques Laffite | Ligier |
Time: | 2: 23.07 min | |
Fastest lap | ||
Driver: | Jacques Laffite | Ligier |
Time: | 2: 28.76 min | |
Podium | ||
First: | Jacques Laffite | Ligier |
Second: | Patrick Depailler | Ligier |
Third: | Carlos Reutemann | lotus |
The 1979 Brazilian Grand Prix took place in São Paulo on February 4th and was the second race of the 1979 World Automobile Championship .
Reports
background
After a year break, in which the Brazilian GP had taken place on the Jacarepaguá racetrack , they returned to São Paulo. In the meantime some safety devices had been added or replaced. The asphalt, which was also renewed, had a similar number of bumps as in previous years, which was criticized by some drivers.
The same participants who had contested the opening race in Argentina two weeks earlier also traveled to the second round of the World Championship. Only a few changes were made in the area of vehicles. So had Patrick Tambay on the older McLaren M26 recourse because his real car of the current type M28 due to damages from the starting accident in Buenos Aires resulted was not ready. At Brabham , on the other hand, both factory drivers had the opportunity to drive the new BT48 for the first time .
training
The training was again dominated by the two Ligier pilots Jacques Laffite and Patrick Depailler . The two Lotus factory drivers Carlos Reutemann and Mario Andretti took second row on the grid, ahead of the two Ferraris of Gilles Villeneuve and Jody Scheckter .
run
Behind Laffite, who took the lead, Reutemann briefly passed Depailler. During the first lap, however, he had to give up the second position again and even fell back to fourth place behind Andretti. Emerson Fittipaldi was meanwhile in fifth place after an overtaking maneuver against Jody Scheckter. When Andretti's Lotus slowed due to a misfire, the Brazilian was able to gain another position on lap two.
While Fittipaldi put pressure on Reutemann, Didier Pironi passed Scheckter.
On the 22nd lap, Fittipaldi had to make a pit stop due to a loosened wheel. The two Ferraris also headed for their pits to have new tires fitted. At the end of the race they finished fifth and sixth behind Laffite, Depailler, Reutemann and Pironi.
It was the only double victory in Ligier's team history, which lasted from 1976 to 1996 .
Registration list
Classifications
Starting grid
Item | driver | constructor | time | Ø speed | begin |
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1 | Jacques Laffite | Ligier-Ford | 2: 23.07 | 198.130 km / h | 1 |
2 | Patrick Depailler | Ligier-Ford | 2: 23.99 | 196.864 km / h | 2 |
3 | Carlos Reutemann | Lotus Ford | 2: 24.15 | 196.645 km / h | 3 |
4th | Mario Andretti | Lotus Ford | 2: 24.28 | 196.468 km / h | 4th |
5 | Gilles Villeneuve | Ferrari | 2: 24.34 | 196.386 km / h | 5 |
6th | Jody Scheckter | Ferrari | 2: 24.48 | 196.196 km / h | 6th |
7th | Jean-Pierre Jabouille | Renault | 2: 24.85 | 195.695 km / h | 7th |
8th | Didier Pironi | Tyrrell-Ford | 2: 25.16 | 195.277 km / h | 8th |
9 | Emerson Fittipaldi | Fittipaldi-Ford | 2: 26.35 | 193.689 km / h | 9 |
10 | James Hunt | Wolf-Ford | 2: 26.37 | 193.663 km / h | 10 |
11 | René Arnoux | Renault | 2: 26.43 | 193.583 km / h | 11 |
12 | Niki Lauda | Brabham-Alfa Romeo | 2: 27.57 | 192.088 km / h | 12 |
13 | Alan Jones | Williams-Ford | 2: 27.67 | 191.958 km / h | 13 |
14th | John Watson | McLaren-Ford | 2: 27.82 | 191.763 km / h | 14th |
15th | Jean-Pierre Jarier | Tyrrell-Ford | 2: 27.89 | 191.672 km / h | 15th |
16 | Riccardo Patrese | Arrows Ford | 2: 28.08 | 191.426 km / h | 16 |
17th | Clay Regazzoni | Williams-Ford | 2: 28.88 | 190.398 km / h | 17th |
18th | Patrick Tambay | McLaren-Ford | 2: 29.39 | 189.748 km / h | 18th |
19th | Jochen Mass | Arrows Ford | 2: 29.42 | 189.710 km / h | 19th |
20th | Elio de Angelis | Shadow Ford | 2: 30.29 | 188.611 km / h | 20th |
21st | Jan Lammers | Shadow Ford | 2: 31.60 | 186.982 km / h | 21st |
22nd | Nelson Piquet | Brabham-Alfa Romeo | 2: 31.64 | 186.932 km / h | 22nd |
23 | Derek Daly | Ensign-Ford | 2: 31.78 | 186.760 km / h | 23 |
24 | Hans-Joachim Stuck | ATS Ford | 2: 32.27 | 186.159 km / h | 24 |
DNQ | Hector Rebaque | Lotus Ford | 2: 32.66 | 185.683 km / h | - |
DNQ | Arturo Merzario | Merzario-Ford | 2: 34.08 | 183.972 km / h | - |
run
Item | driver | constructor | Round | Stops | time | begin | Fastest lap | Failure reason |
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1 | Jacques Laffite | Ligier-Ford | 40 | ? | 1: 40: 09.64 | 1 | 2: 28.76 | |
2 | Patrick Depailler | Ligier-Ford | 40 | ? | + 5.28 | 2 | 2: 29.40 | |
3 | Carlos Reutemann | Lotus Ford | 40 | ? | + 44.14 | 3 | 2: 30.57 | |
4th | Didier Pironi | Tyrrell-Ford | 40 | ? | +1: 25.88 | 8th | 2: 30.88 | |
5 | Gilles Villeneuve | Ferrari | 39 | ? | + 1 lap | 5 | 2: 30.54 | |
6th | Jody Scheckter | Ferrari | 39 | ? | + 1 lap | 6th | 2: 30.44 | |
7th | Jochen Mass | Arrows Ford | 39 | ? | + 1 lap | 19th | 2: 33.03 | |
8th | John Watson | McLaren-Ford | 39 | ? | + 1 lap | 14th | 2: 32.95 | |
9 | Riccardo Patrese | Arrows Ford | 39 | ? | + 1 lap | 16 | 2: 33.64 | |
10 | Jean-Pierre Jabouille | Renault | 39 | ? | + 1 lap | 7th | 2: 29.97 | |
11 | Emerson Fittipaldi | Fittipaldi-Ford | 39 | ? | + 1 lap | 9 | 2: 30.39 | |
12 | Elio de Angelis | Shadow Ford | 39 | ? | + 1 lap | 20th | 2: 34.34 | |
13 | Derek Daly | Ensign-Ford | 39 | ? | + 1 lap | 23 | 2: 34.68 | |
14th | Jan Lammers | Shadow Ford | 39 | ? | + 1 lap | 21st | 2: 34.78 | |
15th | Clay Regazzoni | Williams-Ford | 38 | ? | + 2 rounds | 17th | 2: 33.74 | |
- | Alan Jones | Williams-Ford | 33 | ? | DNF | 13 | 2: 33.19 | defective fuel pump |
- | Hans-Joachim Stuck | ATS Ford | 31 | ? | DNF | 24 | 2: 35.53 | defective steering |
- | René Arnoux | Renault | 28 | ? | DNF | 11 | 2: 35.32 | Driving error |
- | Patrick Tambay | McLaren-Ford | 7th | ? | DNF | 18th | 2: 34.05 | collision |
- | James Hunt | Wolf-Ford | 7th | ? | DNF | 10 | 2: 32.37 | defective steering |
- | Nelson Piquet | Brabham-Alfa Romeo | 5 | ? | DNF | 22nd | 2: 32.19 | task |
- | Niki Lauda | Brabham-Alfa Romeo | 5 | ? | DNF | 12 | 2: 36.08 | Gearbox damage |
- | Mario Andretti | Lotus Ford | 2 | ? | DNF | 4th | 2: 36.82 | defective fuel pump |
- | Jean-Pierre Jarier | Tyrrell-Ford | 0 | ? | DNF | 15th | - | Electrical damage |
World Cup stands after the race
The first six of the race got 9, 6, 4, 3, 2 and 1 point (s) respectively.
Driver ranking
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Constructors' championship
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Individual evidence
- ^ "Training" ( Memento of December 27, 2008 in the Internet Archive ) (Motorsportarchiv.de; accessed on August 24, 2012)
- ^ "Report" (accessed on August 24, 2012)
- ^ "World Cup stands" ( Memento from December 27, 2008 in the Internet Archive ) (Motorsportarchiv.de; accessed on August 24, 2012)